Anyone Here With A 20g Fwd 1g?

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

Originally posted by SlowWhite@Jan 12 2004, 01:29 PM


I agree with Chris 100% as far as Highway/top end and turning.

FWD sucks for turning too though I can admit my prelude had alot better handling, but it also was piss slow(slow = easier to control)... Another thing is the faster road cars are RWD and AWD cars that can push themselves out of the corners with skilled enough drivers instead of trying to pull themselves out like FWDs do.

[SlowWhite]

Wheel hop.

I broke probably the most tranny's out of anyone in MN (besides brent r) and maybe "Jet"

Broke 5 in 7 months.

Anycase usually was on a 1/2 shift. (and usually there was some sort of grenading involved - so no rebuilds for me)

I'd say 95% of the time it was 1/2 or 2/3 gear that chipped a tooth and then that metal fragment started ripping through the tranny till it eventually imitating a batting cage pitching machine. (ie: hit a gear then then get shot out the side of my tranny)

2 Times my Center diff. Gears chipped during one of these miss haps.

But 3 times I had my phantom Grip LSD in and the center diff didn't break. The other two the center differs broke.

Anycase my final set up that stopped breaking tranny's for me:
-Alignment - wasn't until this last tranny that I finally got a proper alignment done with paper work (paid to have it done once before and was told it was done but never recieved any paper work noting changes etc)
-polyurothane motor mounts
-Phantom Grip LSD
-Stopped using GM Syncro mesh in exchange for 75w-90 motor oil
-Stopped going to the 1/4 tracks (each time I went with in 1 week my tranny would explode)
-On the Streets I stopped speed shifting. (spent that extra second to shift vs. having to replace a tranny)

-Brian

[SlowWhite]

Originally posted by JiNMaXimus+Jan 12 2004, 01:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JiNMaXimus @ Jan 12 2004, 01:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by ecoli@Jan 12 2004, 01:31 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-JiNMaXimus@Jan 12 2004, 01:22 PM
I think AWD is overated.
Wait until you actually have a lot of power and see what you think.
That's the thing. I dont want a tremendous amount of power out of the GST. I still think they are overated, cuz everyone always wants to talk about how much you gain with them, and hardly the losses. If you notice before, I did say I was thinkin of picking up a AWD. If I do, that will be my power car. The GST is going to have some decent power and some looks. That's all I wanted from it. [/b][/quote]
Side note.

I felt with my HRC S20G and 322whp on pump wasn't enough HP for my car.

I was looking to upgrade to a 60-1 turbo before my little house hold renters mishap which just made me give up on that particular FWD.

-brian

[AJ]

FWD = burnout
AWD = tight little shitties if you have power and know what your doing.
RWD = Ownz all for all out drag racing in the long run.

[JiN]

I was just about to add the same reply you did Allan.

[npaulseth]

Ha, nice thread. I am hoping to find an AWD, but if I can't, I won't walk away from a nice FWD for the time being.

[Goat Blower]

Originally posted by npaulseth@Jan 12 2004, 02:18 PM
Ha, nice thread. I am hoping to find an AWD, but if I can't, I won't walk away from a nice FWD for the time being.
I'll have a bone stock 95 TSi AWD for sale real soon. Keep watching the For Sale section.

[A//// Guy]

AWD: burnouts are the coolest.

[npaulseth]

Sorry man, I'm actually trying to find something before Wednesday. Thanks though. Noah

[Kracka]

Like Steve said, my car was fast. Oh well, my loss is John's gain I guess ;) For the corners I would take FWD over AWD anyday of the week. So did RRE and Archer if my memory serves me correctly.